Are You Living in the Least Affordable City?
Look at national rankings to see whether you might be better off house-hunting a lot further from home.
Picture Yourself (Yes You) Owning a Second Home
By The Home Economist| 2013-04-05T16:17:14+00:00 April 5th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU|Tags: affordable real estate, are all second home buyers millionaires, can I flip a house, electric bills, heating your home, home prices, home-buying, how much money can I spend on a home, living at home, real estate, second homes, should I buy a second home, should I buy a vacation home|
Don't think you can swing a second home? Think again. A second home, you must be asking with startle and amazement. You can hardly pay for the first, let alone keep it clean. But get this: second-home buyers aren't necessarily gazillionaries or grandparents. They're people pretty similar to either you, your neighbors or those nice people you met last [...]
Is it a Good Time To Buy a Home?
By The Home Economist| 2012-10-26T18:38:39+00:00 October 26th, 2012|Categories: Econo-YOU, Growing Money, Shopping & Money|Tags: affordable real estate, buying a home, home prices, real estate prices, scared of the real estate market|
You bet! There's an easy secret economists use to read the real estate market and you can too. BY THE HOME ECONOMIST Tara Reid, take notes from the real estate market because home-buying is making a com There's an easy secret to seeing whether the real estate market is safe or dangerous. eback! (And [...]